# NTSB UNK64X2360: Hughes 269A, N8734F, Red Bank, NJ, June 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 18, 1964
- Place: Red Bank, NJ · RED BANK, NJ
- Location: 40.3487° N, 74.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Bank, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3487&lon=-74.0665&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2360
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2360

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0302  64/6/18    RED BANK N J        HUGHES 269A         CR-  0  1  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1510                    N8734F              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     AGE 45, 16557 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BANK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- A/C BEING MOVED TO PAKING AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8734F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8734F-1972-11-15), registration cancelled 1972-11-15, S/N 0053 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Registry model: [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (registry code 4470402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Red Bank

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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